Winter is a long, lingering season in Missouri. While the rolling hills and frozen lakes are beautiful in the middle of winter, looking at a picturesque scene will not keep you or your family warm. For over a year now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been trying to make it more expensive for you to purchase a wood burning stove even though it is the most common, flexible, and inexpensive space heating option.
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Late last year, I wrote a bulletin on the amount of regulations the Obama Administration proposed for 2015. That number was an astounding 3,415 regulations. A quick review of them makes it clear that many of these regulations, particularly from the Environmental Protection Agency, will harm American families, farmers, small businesses, and our economy in general.
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Responding to the president’s pledge to give $3 billion in taxpayer funds to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer’s (MO-03) first piece of legislation he introduced in the 114th Congress would prevent American’s dollars from being used for any of the U.N.’s global warming schemes.
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While you were with your family and loved ones on Thanksgiving Eve getting ready to enjoy some turkey, the Obama Administration was busy preparing an extra helping of regulations, 3,415 to be exact. With the release of its annual regulation road map the administration has made clear that it plans on continuing its burdensome regulatory agenda in 2015 and beyond.
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Over 2,260 days and counting – that is how many days have passed since backers of the Keystone XL pipeline first submitted the application to the U.S. State Department to build this project. The question remains how much longer will President Obama make America wait for jobs and energy security?
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Continuing his efforts to halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Administration’s constant attempts at overregulating our nation’s farmers and landowners, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) voted in support of the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act.
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In the nearly six years since the Obama Administration took office, thousands of new regulations have been issued by various federal agencies. This week, I’m going to highlight just one regulation from just one federal agency: the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Waters of the United States” rule. Please keep in mind, however, that this is just one example of one rule from one agency. If you think about the impact that this one regulation will have, and the fact that thousands have been issued in the last six years, it illustrates why many people say that our economy and our country are getting buried under an avalanche of red tape.
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